A new Book Festival is coming to Framingham this summer! The first annual Dark Summer Book Fest invades the Framingham Public Library on Saturday, August 8th, 2026. This one's for all the dark fiction lovers, whether your particular interest is crime fiction, horror, fantasy, paranormal romance, weird westerns, literary fiction, or any number of other things!

Walk ins are more than welcome, but if you'd like to register for a reminder email and/or to get added to our Dark Fiction/Genre Author Event email list, please fill out this form: 
https://framinghamlibrary.short.gy/darksummerbookfest

Guests announced so far!

Aleese Lin
Cassandra Khaw
Claudia Lux
David Simmons
Heather Abel
​Jedediah Berry
Jeff Pintabona
Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Kelly Link
Louangie Bou-Montes
Makana Yamamoto
Margot Douaihy
M.J. Etkind
​Rowan Perez
Sacha Lamb
Victoria Dalpe
Victoria Wilder

Schedule & Special Events

More information coming soon!

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Framingham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.